Shine Diamond will post two more episodes before going on hiatus on December 22nd. Those episodes will go up next week. Shine Diamond will return on January 9. (assuming the issues from the server upgrade have been worked out by then.

So the rumor is they're making a new Pokemon phone game--and I think a hero collecting RPG featuring both the Pokémon and the humans would be cool.

Think about it--you could have the best known characters (Ash, Pikachu, Misty, Brock, Gary, Prof. Oak, Jessie, James, Meowth, etc) and all the lesser known COTDs all smashed together in a brand new RPG-like storyline. Not counting character variants, you would easily have thousands of possible characters to draw.

Looking back at the original outline for "Team Shocker", the more cheesy it looks with the "You Raise Me Up" sing-along in there.

I do want someone to cheer Dawn up, but a large and epic sing along doesn't seem to fit anymore (Was a cool idea at the time, but now I realize it clashes with my new vision for that episode--a more intimate and reflective episode with a little sadness that gives way to hope.

Shine Diamond returns Saturday with "Team Shocker!" where Dawn loses the Solaceon Contest in spectacular fashion and re-thinks becoming a coordinator. But the more I thought about it, I thought "What if we didn't see the Contest itself, but instead focus on Dawn dealing with her sadness, anger and frustration (complete with an inspiring performance from Ash, Brock, and the other coordinators encouraging Dawn not to give up)

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